Investments

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Amid ownership shifts, Hennessy Focus is still looking for a few (very few) reasonably priced stocks that it can hold for years.

Advisors should be leery of the fads in mutual fund strategies, warns a top Morningstar analyst.

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that three whistleblowers have been awarded a combined total of $25,000 for tips they provided to help the SEC and Justice Department to thwart a sham hedge fund.

Huntington announced today that Gregory A. Smith was named president of Cincinnati-based Haberer Registered Investment Advisor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Huntington National Bank. Smith will report to Steven Short, executive vice president and director of Huntington Wealth Advisors.

Bloomberg -- Brokers face restrictions on using clients’ assets as collateral for other trades, as part of a push by global regulators to prevent the securities lending market from sparking chain reactions that could cause a crisis.

Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan), Malaysia’s second-biggest pension fund, is looking at real estate assets in Australia and the U.K. as it seeks to increase its investments overseas.

Morningstar announced yesterday that Vickie Tillman has been hired as president of Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC and is scheduled to begin on Sept. 3.

OppenheimerFunds and Putnam Investments are among the winners of the 2013 NOVA Awards, which recognize innovation in the investment management industry.

OppenheimerFunds announced the extension of its senior loan investing franchise with the launch of the Oppenheimer Senior Floating Rate Plus Fund (SFR PLUS). This actively-managed fund offers investors access to the same experienced team as the firm's original Senior Floating Rate Fund (SFR).

Over the past 20 years, exchange traded funds have experienced astounding growth. There are now about 1,400 ETFs in the U.S. and 4,800 globally, according to statistics from BlackRock. The bulk of ETF assets (about $1.4 trillion) are based in the U.S., with total global assets hovering around $2 trillion.

BLOOMBERG -- BlackRock Inc. (BLK), the world’s biggest money manager, won dismissal of a lawsuit brought by two pension funds that accused the company of collecting “grossly excessive” compensation from securities-lending returns linked to iShares Inc.

As summer comes to a close, we're taking a look back at some of the hottest stories this season. Whether you were on vacation or busy working -- maybe you just finally have time to catch up on reading over the long weekend -- we've gathered the summer's top stories all in one place.

Get ready for a new wave of low-cost, online-only financial advice companies.

A reincarnated version of an annuity that never gained much traction in the marketplace is finding fans among seekers of retirement income.

Wells Fargo's regional president of Florida operations has been promoted to a national executive.

Deferred income annuities last year generated about $1 billion in sales and are expected to be the fastest growing annuity product.

As Gen Xers and Gen Yers put their holey jeans and futons behind them, many financial institutions are trying to lure those newly affluent age groups with high-tech services.

Bloomberg -- Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch unit agreed to pay $160 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by black financial advisors, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said.

The Internal Revenue Service has provided summaries and a set of tips to help with compliance for some of the more complex areas of the foreign tax credit law.